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2.1 Materials
All materials used in this thesis are listed below. Waste was properly disposed according to safety guidelines.
2.1.1 Disposables
Disposable Reference Manufacturer
Bottle top filter, 0.22 µm SCGPT05RE Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) Cell culture dish, 10 cm (adherent) 83.3902 Sarstedt AG & Co. (Nümbrecht,
Germany)
Cell culture plate, 6-well (adherent) 83.3920.005 Greiner Bio-One GmbH (Frickenhausen, Germany)
Cell culture plate, 24-well (adherent) 83.3922.005 Greiner Bio-One GmbH Cell culture flask, T75 (adherent) 83.3911 Greiner Bio-One GmbH Cell culture plate, 6-well (suspension) 83.3920.500 Greiner Bio-One GmbH Cell culture flask, T75 (suspension) 83.3911.500 Greiner Bio-One GmbH
Cell scraper 83.1832 Sarstedt AG & Co.
Cell strainer, 40 µm 431750 Corning Inc. B.V. Life Sciences (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Cell strainer,100 µm 431752 Corning Inc. B.V. Life Sciences Corex tube, 38 mL 3117-0380 Thermo Fisher Scientific (Karlsruhe,
Germany)
Cover slip, 24x60 mm LH26.1 Carl Roth GmbH & Co. KG (Karlsruhe, Germany)
Cryo tube vial, 1.0 mL 37722 Thermo Fisher Scientific
DG8 gaskets 1863009 Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. (Hercules,
USA)
DG8 cartridges 1864008 Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
Glass capillary 9201010 Hirschmann Laborgeräte (Eberstadt,
Germany)
Lint-free tissue 07730012 GVS Großverbraucherspezialisten eG
(Heidenheim, Germany) Pasteur pipette, 5 mL 86.1253.001 Sarstedt AG & Co.
Pasteur pipette, 10 mL 86.1254.001 Sarstedt AG & Co.
Pasteur pipette, 25 mL 760180 Greiner Bio-One GmbH
PCR plate, 96-well 951020389 Eppendorf AG (Hamburg, Germany) PCR Plate Heat Seal foil 1814040 Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
Reaction tube, 0.2 mL 0030124332 Eppendorf AG Reaction tube, 1.5 mL 0030125150 Eppendorf AG Reaction tube, 2.0 mL 0030120094 Eppendorf AG Serum sample tubes 41.1501.005 Sarstedt AG & Co.
Superfrost/plus slide, 75x25 mm 42409110 Glaswarenfabrik Karl Hecht GmbH & Co.
KG (Sondheim vor der Rhön, Germany) Syringe filter, PVDF membrane, 0.22 µm SLGV033RK Merck KGaA
Syringe filter, PVDF membrane, 0.45 µm SLHV033RB Merck KGaA
Tube, 30 mL 201150 Greiner Bio-One GmbH
Tube, 50 mL 227289 Greiner Bio-One GmbH
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2.1.2 Instruments and accessories
Device Name Manufacturer
7T MRI system ClinScan Bruker BioSpin GmbH (Ettlingen,
Germany)
CCD Camera Color View III Soft Imaging Systems GmbH (Münster, Germany)
Centrifuge Megafuge 1.0R Sorvall Heraeus Instruments GmbH (Hanau, Germany)
Centrifuge Rotanta 460R Andreas Hettich GmbH & Co.KG
(Tuttlingen, Germany)
Centrifuge Sorvall RC-5C Plus
(HB-6 swinging bucket rotor)
Heraeus Instruments GmbH
Clinical chemistry analyzer COBAS Integra 400 plus
Roche Diagnostics Deutschland GmbH (Mannheim, Germany)
Cryo-microtome HM550 Thermo Fisher Scientific Microm
International GmbH (Walldorf, Germany) Digital camera FOcubusIEEE1394 PHASE GmbH (Lübeck, Germany) Droplet generator QX100 system Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
Droplet reader QX100 system Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
DNA migration chamber EASY Cast Electrophoresis system #B2
Owl Scientific Inc. (San Francisco, USA)
DNA migration chamber PerfectBlue Gelsystem Mini S
Peqlab Biotechnologie GmbH (Erlangen, Germany)
FACS analyzer BD FACS LSR
Fortessa
405, 488, and 561 nm Laser
BD Biosciences (Heidelberg, Germany)
FACS sorter BD FACS AriaIll
405, 488, and 561 nm Laser
BD Biosciences
Filter set DAPI U-MNU2 Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
(Hamburg, Germany) Filter set Cerulean 438/24 BrightLine HC
483/32 BrightLine HC Beamsplitter HC BS 458
AHF analysentechnik AG (Tübingen, Germany)
Filter set GFP/Venus U-MNIBA2
Exciter: BP470-490 Dichroic: DM505 Emitter: BA510-550
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
Filter set mCherry U-MWIG2
Exciter: BP520-550 Dichroic: DM565 Emitter: BA580IF
Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
Filter set Tripleband mCherry/Venus/Cerulean
Exciter:
CFP/YFP/mCherry ET Tripleband
Emitter:
ET Tripleband bs CFP/YFP/mCherry
AHF analysentechnik AG (Tübingen, Germany)
Fluorescence microscope IX81 Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
Fluorometer Qubit 2.0 Thermo Fisher Scientific
Heating block Thermomixer 5436 Eppendorf AG
Heating plate PZ72 Harry Gestigkeit (Düsseldorf/Deutschland)
Incubator CB150 BINDER GmbH (Tuttlingen, Germany)
Laminar flow hood Herasafe Thermo Fisher Scientific
Light Microscope CKX41 Olympus Europa SE & Co. KG
Magnetic stirrer IKAMAG REO IKA-Werke GmbH & Co. KG (Staufen, Germany)
Spectrophotometer Nanodrop ND-1000 Thermo Fisher Scientific Spectrophotometer Qubit 2.0 Thermo Fisher Scientific Peristaltic pump XX8200230 Merck Millipore (Billerica, USA)
pH meter inoLab pH 720 WTW, Xylem Analytics Germany Sales
GmbH & Co. KG (Weilheim, Germany) Plate sealer QX100 system Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
Power supply Biometra Standard
Power Pack P25
Analytik Jena (Jena, Germany) Silicone hose, platin-hardened,
inner diameter 0.8 mm
OU-06371-00 Masterflex (Gelsenkirchen, Germany) Table top centrifuge 1. 5418
2. 5417R
Eppendorf AG
Thermocycler 1. Biometra
Professional 2. Biometra
Professional gradient
Analytik Jena
UV transilluminator 312 nm UV lamp PHASE GmbH
Vortex mixer REAX control Heidolph Instruments GmbH & Co. KG (Schwabach, Germany)
Water bath Typ 1008 GFL Gesellschaft für Labordiagnostik
GmbH (Burgwedel, Germany)
Water purifier membraPure membraPure GmbH (Henningsdorf,
Germany)
2.1.3 Software
Software Version Manufacturer
BioEdit Sequence Alignment Editor v7.2.5 Tom Hall Ibis Therapeutics (Carlsbad, USA)
FACSDiva v4.2.2 BD Biosciences
FireCam Control software v2.03 PHASE GmbH
Fire Wire Soft Imaging Systems GmbH
GraphPad Prism v6.0 STATCON (Witzenhausen, Germany)
ImageJ v1.51j8 Wayne Rasband, National Institutes of
Mental Health (Bethesda, USA)
K-PACS v1.6.0 Image Information Systems Ltd. (London,
United Kingdom)
Microsoft Excel 2007 Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, USA)
Microsoft Word 2007 Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Image Composite Editor v2.0.3 Microsoft Corporation
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Nanodrop ND-1000 v3.7.1 Thermo Fisher Scientific
pDRAW32 1.0 Revision v1.1.133 AcaClone Software (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Primer Express v3.0.1 Applied Biosystems by Thermo Fisher
Scientific
QuantaSoft, Inc. v1.7.4.0917 2014 Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
Qubit v3.10 Thermo Fisher Scientific
SnapGene Viewer v3.3.3 GSL Biotech LLC (Chicago, USA)
2.1.4 Chemicals and reagents
Chemical Reference Manufacturer
Acetone 9002-02 J.T. Baker Avantor Performance Materials
B.V. (Deventer, Netherlands)
alpha-D-glucose 158968 Sigma-Aldrich (München, Germany)
Agarose Ultra Pure Agarose 16500500 Thermo Fisher Scientific
Ampicillin HP62.1 Carl Roth GmbH & Co. KG
β-mercaptoethanol M3148 Sigma-Aldrich
CaCl2 1.02820.1000 Merck KGaA
ddPCR Droplet Reader Oil 1863004 Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
ddPCR Supermix for Probes 1863010 Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
DNA loading dye (6x) R0611 Thermo Fisher Scientific
DNA/RNA-dye, peqGREEN 732-3196 Peqlab/VWR International GmbH (Hannover, Germany)
dNTPs 10 µM each: dATP; dCTP;
dGTP; dTTP
R0142; R0151 R0161; R0171
Thermo Fisher Scientific Droplet generation oil for probes 1863005 Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
EGTA E4378 Sigma-Aldrich
GeneRuler 1 kb plus DNA Ladder (0.1 µg/µL)
SM1343 Thermo Fisher Scientific
KCl 6781 Carl Roth GmbH & Co. KG
LBAmp agar (Fast Media Amp agar) fas-am-s InvivoGen (San Diego, USA)
LB medium 6669 Carl Roth GmbH & Co. KG
MgCl2 AM9530G Thermo Fisher Scientific
Methylbutane 721123 Sigma-Aldrich
NaCl (solid) 3624-01 J.T. Baker
Na2HPO4 T876 Carl Roth GmbH & Co. KG
Na2HPO4 • H2O T877 Carl Roth GmbH & Co. KG
NaOH pellets 106482 Merck KGaA
Paraformaldehyde* 158127 Sigma-Aldrich
Sucrose** US1SX1075/1 Merck KGaA
UltraPure DNA Typing Grade 50X TAE (Tris/Acetate/EDTA) Buffer, diluted in deionized H2O to 1x TAE
24710030 Thermo Fisher Scientific
Tissue-Tek Cryomold Intermediate embedding forms
4566 Sakura (Torrance/USA)
Tissue-Tek O.C.T. Compound 4583 Sakura (Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands)
*For complete dissolution of the paraformaldehyde powder, the flask was incubated for 1.5 h at 60°C and shaken occasionally. As soon as the solution was cooled down to RT it was ready to use. For storage, the solution was aliquoted in 50-mL tubes and kept at -20°C.
**The 20% sucrose solution was prepared with double distilled water and sterile filtered through a 0.22-µm filter unit (Merck Millipore) under the hood. For storage, the solution was kept at 4°C.
2.1.5 Kits
All listed kits were used according to manufacturers‟ instructions.
Kit name Reference Manufacturer
DAKO EnVision+ Dual Link System-HRP (DAB+) Kit
K406511-2 Agilent Technologies Deutschland GmbH (Waldbronn, Germany) PureLink HiPure Plasmid Maxiprep Kit K210007 Thermo Fisher Scientific
QIAamp DNA Blood Mini Kit 51106 QIAGEN GmbH (Hilden, Germany) QIAGEN AllPrep DNA/RNA Mini Kit 80204 QIAGEN GmbH
QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit 27106 QIAGEN GmbH
QIAquick Gel Extraction Kit 28706 QIAGEN GmbH
QIAquick PCR Purification Kit 28106 QIAGEN GmbH
Qubit dsDNA BR Assay Kit Q32850 Thermo Fisher Scientific Qubit dsRNA HS Assay Kit Q32852 Thermo Fisher Scientific
2.1.6 Enzymes and oligos
Enzyme Reference Manufacturer
EcoRI Fast Digest FD0274 Thermo Fisher Scientific
FastAP Thermosensitive Alkaline Phosphatase (1 U/µL)
EF0651 Thermo Fisher Scientific
Liberase TM Research Grade 05401119001 Roche Diagnostics Deutschland GmbH
NotI Fast Digest FD0593 Thermo Fisher Scientific
Phusion High-Fidelity DNA Polymerase (2,000 U/mL)
M0530 New England Biolabs (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
T4 DNA Ligase (5 U/µL) EL0011 Thermo Fisher Scientific
All oligonucleotides such as primers and probes were purchased from Eurofins mwg. Primers were ordered from Eurofins Genomics (Ebersberg, Germany) choosing “Salt Free” or HPLC purification method. Used oligonucleotides are listed in Supplementary Tables S1 and S2.
2.1.7 Media and additives for cell culture
Product Reference Manufacturer
Chloroquine PHR1258 Sigma-Aldrich
DMEM, high glucose, GlutaMAX Supplement, pyruvate
31966021 Thermo Fisher Scientific DPBS (1x) no calcium, no magnesium 14190094 Thermo Fisher Scientific
Fetal Bovine Serum F7524 Sigma-Aldrich
L-Glutamine 25030149 Thermo Fisher Scientific
Hepatocyte Wash Medium 17704024 Thermo Fisher Scientific
HepatoZYME-SFM 17705021 Thermo Fisher Scientific
HEPES (1M) 15630056 Thermo Fisher Scientific
Penicillin-Streptomycin (100 IU/mL/100 µg/mL)
15140122 Thermo Fisher Scientific
Polybrene TR-1003 Sigma-Aldrich
Trypan Blue Solution (0.4%) 15250061 Thermo Fisher Scientific Trypsin-EDTA (0.05%), phenol red 25300054 Thermo Fisher Scientific
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2.1.7 Buffer for viral vector production 2x HBS (HEPES buffered saline)
275.8 mM CaCl2
10.2 mM KCl 1.41 µM NaH2PO4
42 mM HEPES
1.1 mM alpha-D-glucose
ad 1L with ddH2O; pH 7.05 adjusted by 1 N NaOH and sterilized via 0.22 µm filtration, storage at -20°C
2.1.8 Buffer and stock solutions for liver perfusion and hepatocyte isolation
All buffers were adjusted to pH 7.4 with 1 N NaOH, sterile filtered with the BottleTop-filter system (0.22 µm), and stored at 4°C. Prior to use, the buffers were prewarmed to 39°C.
10x Leffert‟s stock solution 100 mM HEPES
30 mM KCl 1.3 M NaCl
10 mM NaH2PO4•H2O 100 mM alpha-D-Glucose ad 1000 mL ddH2O
EGTA stock solution
100 mL 10x Leffert„s stock solution 5 mM EGTA
ad 1000 mL ddH2O
Calcium chloride stock solution 63 mM CaCl2
ad 500 mL ddH2O
Washing buffer
45 mL 10x Leffert‟s stock solution
50 mL EGTA stock solution (final 0.5 mM) ad 500 mL ddH2O
Collagenase buffer
50 mL 10x Leffert‟s stock solution
5 mL CaCl2 stock solution (final 0.63 mM) ad 500 mL ddH2O
2.1.9 Surgical kit
All material used in hepatocyte transplantation surgery is listed below.
Product Reference Manufacturer
26 G cannula; BD Microlance 3 1/2;
0.45x13 mm
305111 Becton Dickinson (Heidelberg, Germany) 27 G cannula; BD Microlance 3 3/4;
0.4x13 mm
302200 Becton Dickinson
Carprofen 50 mg/mL Rimadyl 400684.00.00 Pfizer Deutschland GmbH (Berlin, Germany)
Enrofloxacin (Baytril 2.5% oral solution)
3572731 Bayer Vital GmbH (Leverkusen, Germany)
Forene inhalation solution (active agent: isofluran)
10182054 Abbvie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Glass syringe 100 µL Model 1710 RN SYR, NDL, barrel inner diameter 1.46 mm, barrel outer diameter 7.75 mm; Needle G 28 /15mm/
pointstyle
7803-02 Hamilton by Sigma-Aldrich
Infusion set Vasofix Safety PUR, 22G, 0.9x25 mm
4269098S-01 B. Braun Melsungen AG (Melsungen, Germany)
Insulin syringe, 0.33 mm, 29G, U100 305932 Becton Dickinson
Ketamin 100 mg/mL 9089.01.00 Wirtsgenossenschaft deutscher Tierärzte eG (Garbsen, Germany)
Novaminsulfon (500 mg/mL) 08713863 Ratiopharm GmbH (Ulm, Germany) Octenisept, alcohol-free 173702 Schülke & Mayr (Norderstedt, Germany) Ophthalmic ointment (Bepanthen,
Augen- und Nasensalbe)
01578681 Bayer Vital GmbH PGA Resorba needle DS 18, 3/0
USP, 0.45 m
PA 11416 RESORBA Medical GmbH (Nürnberg, Germany)
PGA Resorba suture 3/0, 0.45 m0 PS 465 RESORBA Medical GmbH
Povidone-iodine unguent 04923204 Mundipharma GmbH (Limburg, Germany) Sedaxylan 20 mg/mL 400650.00.00 Wirtsgenossenschaft deutscher Tierärzte
eG (Garbsen, Germany) Wound Clip (MikRon Autoclip, 9 mm) 427631 Becton Dickinson
Wound Clip Applier 427630 Becton Dickinson
Wound Clip Remover 427637 Becton Dickinson
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